Sodium hydrazoate sulphate

Cupric hydrazoate, Cu(Ns)a.—The only cupric nitride known is the hydrazoate, a highly explosive substance of deep reddish-brown colour. It is formed by dissolving copper in hydrazoic acid, and by the action of sodium hydrazoate on cupric sulphate.4... 

Curtius and Rissom [41] prepared cupric azide by the action of an aqueous solution of sodium azide on an aqueous solution of cupric sulphate, obtaining the salt in a hydrated form. The anhydrous salt was prepared by Straumanis and Ciru-lis [125] in the form of dark brown, reddish sediment by reaction of lithium azide on cupric nitrate in an alcohol solution. Another method described by Curtius consists of reacting hydrazoic acid with metallic copper in an aqueous medium. 

Martin [126] prepared nickel, cobalt, zinc and manganese azides by the action of an ether solution of hydrazoic acid on the dry metal carbonate. Cuprous azide, CuN3, was obtained in the form of a light grey sediment by the reaction of sodium azide with a solution of cuprous sulphate. 

T. Curtius and A. Darapsky prepared a basic salt, lanthanum hydroxyazide, La(0H)(N3)2l H20, by boiling a soln. of lanthanum nitrate and sodium azide. The white, slimy mass of basic lanthanum azide is obtained by evaporating the mixed soln. in vacuo, or by treatment of the soln. with a mixture of alcohol and ether. They also made rose-coloured didymium hydroxyazide, Dy(OH)(N3)2, by evaporating a soln. of didymium carbonate in hydrazoic acid. Freshly precipitated yttrium hydroxide dissolves in hydrazoic acid, forming a soluble yttrium hydroxyazide boiling a soln. of yttrium sulphate and sodium azide gives a precipitate of yttrium hydroxide. L. M. Dennis found that zirconium hydroxide is precipitated when a soln. of zirconium salt is treated with potassium azide. 

T. Curtius and J. Rissom showed that the evaporation of a soln. of manganese carbonate in hydrazoic acid gives a pulverulent, non-crystalline manganese hydroxyazide, Mn(OH)(N3)2, which cannot be purified by re-crystallization. The product is sparingly soluble in water it does not explode by percussion, but does so on a hot plate. L. Wohler and F. Martin gave 203° for the explosion temp, of manganese azide. T. Curtius and J. Rissom obtained a colourless soln. of ferrous azide by the action of sodium azide on a soln. of ferrous ammonium sulphate when boiled, the salt decomposes and when shaken in air, a blood-red soln. of ferric azide is formed. The same salt can also be obtained directly from ferric salts. When the soln. of ferric azide is boiled, ferric hydroxide is precipitated and, added T. Curtius and A. Darapsky, if allowed to stand in... 

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